Purpose or Obliteration
...I dreamed I was inside a bulb—
a cathedral of filament and glass—
not dead
not born…..
but shumming**.
Glass walls curved like time
sealed but translucent
my fingers curled around ...
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Categories:
seismograph, identity, imagination, introspection, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
A CHILDs CRAYON
...kisses form flowers
billow, filled in with color
a child’s crayon moves
so much like a seismograph
happiness upon the page
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Categories:
seismograph, children,
Form: Tanka
Wallet Weeps As Woebegone Former Mister Or Missus Snake
...Listen...carefully,
and ye kin hear
the muffled (dollar us -
dolorous) sound ache
king plaintive very loosely
analogous to duck cry
of mourning, didst awake
ken to the somber news
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Categories:
seismograph, bible, body, fate, loss,
Form: Free verse
Black Widow
...She waits,
eight black spindles joined at one end by a pivot, a compass.
Each pinpoint balanced at the intersections
of self-drawn polygons.
Legs jointed like the fingers of a skeleton,
deft, de...
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Categories:
seismograph, future, insect,
Form: Imagism
The Thing I Love
...You make me go round and round,
I love the way you make me sound
Hissing, grumping, all that comes out
Whenever I find you in huge amount
Aah! says my mouth when I look at you,
With the lust and pl...
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Categories:
seismograph, food,
Form: Light Verse